Dear friends and colleagues, We hope you and your family are doing well. Due to the spread of COVID-19 in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Indonesian IP Office has suspended all physical services until the end of March. All deadlines in March have also been postponed until March 31st, 2020. However, depending on the situation,…
The protection of Trade Secrets in Indonesia is regulated under Law No. 30 Year 2000 on Trade Secret (“Trade Secret Law”). By definition, a Trade Secret is information that is unknown to the public in the field of technology and/or business. The information should also posses economic value due to its use in trade, and…
Since the enactment of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia Regulation No. 15 Year 2018 on the Postponement of Patent Implementation by the Patent Holder, we estimated that thousands of patent holders may have lodged in the requests to postpone the implementation of their patent registrations in Indonesia. This…
Dear friends and colleagues, If you are a non-Indonesian individual/company, by law you can either file a Trademark in Indonesia through the Madrid Protocol (if your country is a member of the Madrid Protocol) or you can file nationally by appointing a registered IP agent/attorney in Indonesia. Should you choose the latter, you will…
Dear friends and colleagues, It is the time of the year when we may have just signed up for the INTA Annual Meeting, looking for the hotels near the venue, checking out the flights, and most importantly sending some meeting invitations. The INTA Annual Meeting has proven to be an excellent occasion to meet…